Minnesota Hacker Gets 18 Years Prison for “Vendetta of Cyber Terror”

Minnesota Hacker Gets 18 Years Prison for “Vendetta of Cyber Terror”
A Minnesota hacker was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday for using his neighbors’ wireless network without permission and then framing them for child pornography distribution and email threats against Vice President Joe Biden and other officials.

The man, 46-year-old Barry Ardolf, apparently unleashed a “vendetta of cyber terror” on his neighbors in retaliation to an accusation that he was a pedophile.

The bizarre tale began in 2009 when Matt and Bethany Kostolnik moved in the house next door to Ardolf, who at the time was a Medronic computer technician living in the Minneapolis suburb of Blaine.

On their first day at their new home, the Kostolnik’s then-4-year-old son wandered near Ardolf’s house. While carrying him back next door, Ardolf allegedly kissed the boy on the lips.

The couple promptly reported Ardolf to the police, angering their creepy new neighbor who later admitted in a letter to the judge:

“I decided to ‘get even’ by launching computer attacks against him.”
 
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